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From: Chip Parker <infowolfe@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: rfc: amateur radio applications should not be in media-radio
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:53:46
Message-Id: AANLkTintYTXX_tbtIpec0f9u8kZIHclaLSA7oxqQCFcW@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: rfc: amateur radio applications should not be in media-radio by Steve Dibb
1 On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Steve Dibb <beandog@g.o> wrote:
2 > On 07/14/2010 05:27 PM, Paul Arthur wrote:
3 >>
4 >> On 2010-07-14, William Hubbs<williamh@g.o>  wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 08:48:25PM +0200, Thomas Beierlein wrote:
7 >>>
8 >>>> On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:27:47 -0500 William Hubbs
9 >>>> <williamh@g.o>  wrote: =20
10 >>>>
11 >>>>> All, =20 I have recently noticed that our amateur radio
12 >>>>> applications are in the category media-radio. =20 Amateur Radio
13 >>>>> is not considered part of the media, so I would like to propose
14 >>>>> renaming this category to app-hamradio, or possibly moving the
15 >>>>> amateur radio applications to app-hamradio if there are things in
16 >>>>> media-radio which are not amateur radio related. =20
17 >>>>
18 >>>> I like the idea very much. But I am an radio amateur and therefore
19 >>>> I am a little bit biased :). I was always confused to find them in
20 >>>> media-radio. If we do the move please count on me.
21 >>>
22 >>> I am an amateur radio operator as well, and that is why putting the
23 >>> ham radio apps in"media-radio" bothers me. Ham radio is not part
24 >>> of the media.
25 >>
26 >> But it is a medium.  media-* has nothing to do with "the media"; I
27 >> really don't see any point to this proposed change..
28 >>
29 >
30 > I say go for it.  media-radio should be for V4L2 apps, mostly, that use it.
31 >  The remaining two can either go into media-tv or app-misc or some other
32 > fitting category.
33 >
34 > Steve
35 >
36 >
37
38 Nope, v4l/v4l2 goes in media-tv, fm-radio applications seem to live in
39 media-sound (except media-radio/{fmio,radiotray}, which look
40 miscategorized).